Concealed compartment for safes



Sept. 22, 1925.

B. BAER CONCEALED COMPARTMENT FOR SAFES Filed May 19. 1924 INVENTOR,

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BENJAMIN BAER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GONCEALED COMPARTMENT FO'R SAFES.

Application filed May 19, 192.4. Seria1wNo. 714,403.

invented a new and Improved Concealed Compartment for Safes, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to safes and has particular reference, to aconcealed or hidden compartment in a safe for the storage of valuables.

In the majority of robberies, hold-ups, or thefts, the perpetrator isusually in a hurry and does not take the time to carefully examine orsearch the safe for concealed or hidden valuables, but is satisfied tomake way with whatever valuables are readily at hand.

It is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention toprovide the built-in strong box of a safe with a horizontally pivotedpartition or shelf located adjacent the upper wall and upon which billsof large denomination, expensive jewelry, or other valuables may besupported and concealed against casual search or examination.

As a further object the invention contemplates an attachment for thebuilt-in strong box of a safe which affords a concealed or hiddenstorage compartment for the valuables and which is so constructed as toallow for the ready introduction or removal of the contents.

As astill further object the invention comprehends an attachment of thecharacter set forth, which is extremely simple in its construction,inexpensive to manufacture and install, and which is highly efficient inits purposelVith the above recited and other objects in view, theinvention resides in the novel construction set forth in the followingspecification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that theright is reserved -to embodiments other than those actually illustratedherein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the termsin which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings- I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a safe equippedwith a hidden compartment constructed in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the strong boxtaken approximately on the line indicated at 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken approximately onthe line indicated at 33 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates asafe provided with the usual built-in strong box B having a door O andprovidedwith a member acting as a stop D depending from the forward endof the upper wall E. The attachment includes a horizontal shelf,partition.

ortray 10 which is pivoted at its rear end by means of a transversepivot pin 11 to the rear end of the strong box adjacent the upper wallwhereby the free forward end 11 of the shelf is capable of verticalswinging movement and when swung upwardly is spaced slightly in rear ofthe door stop D to facilitate the grasping and lowering of the shelf. Acoil spring or springs 12 surround the pivot pin 11 between the hingedknuckles 13 at the rear edge of the shelf and the opposite terminals 14and 15 of said springs cooperate respectively with the shelf and thestrong box to normally effect the upward swinging movement of theforward end 11" to dispose the same behind the door stop D. Under thisconstruction and arrangement when it is de sired to conceal a package ofbills, jewelry, or other valuables in the compartment 16 defined betweenthe shelf 10 and the upper wall E of the strong box, the forward edge 11of the shelf is grasped and swung downwardly, after which the valuablesare placed thereon to permit the spring to again re turn the shelf toits normally raised position as illustrated in Fig. 2. In event of arobbery, hold-up, or theft, the perpetrator will remove whatevervaluables are arranged on the bottom wall F of the strong box and thechance of discovering or observing the hidden compartment 16 is reducedto an absolute minimum, due to the fact that the door stop D overliesand conceals the forward edge 11 of the shelf 10.

From the foregoing it will thus be seen that an extremely simple andinexpensive attachment for the built-in strong box of a safe has beenprovided which will constitute a hidden or concealed compartment for thereception of articles of extreme value.

I claimz V V i i compartment adjacent the upper Wall of The combinationwith the built-in strong the strong box, the said forward end being boxof a safe, of a member acting as a door. spaced in rear of the doorstop, and means stop extending completely across the width for normallyelevating the shelf to dispose of and depending from the forward end ofthe forward free end behind the door stop its upper wall, a horizontalshelf pivoted at whereby to conceal said compartment and its rear endadjacent the rear upper end of the shelf from View. strong box forvertical swinging movement of the forward end to define a concealedBENJAMIN BAER.

